How to Do Everything: Adobe Acrobat 9 »

Doug Sahlin is a bestselling author, photographer, and Acrobat instructor. He is the author of the previous editions of this book as well as Digital Photography QuickSteps and several other titles.

Your one-stop guide to Adobe Acrobat 9

Create and publish feature-rich electronic documents that retain the look and feel of the originals. How to Do Everything: Adobe Acrobat 9 explains how to edit PDFs, collaborate with other users, and optimize PDFs for print or the web. You'll also learn how to secure your PDFs and maintain document integrity. With coverage of the Adobe Acrobat Standard, Pro, and Pro Extended editions, this book helps you maximize all the new and improved features of this versatile program right away.

• Open, view, and search PDFs
• Convert virtually any document to PDF
• Capture PDFs from a scanner or web page
• Create navigation devices including bookmarks, thumbnails, and links
• Review, edit, and annotate PDFs
• Add digital signatures and apply document security
• Optimize documents for print, CD/DVD applications, the web, and other uses
• Add multimedia elements
• Create a searchable index
• Create forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer
• Batch process PDF documents

Pt. I Welcome to Adobe Acrobat 9.0

1 Get to Know Adobe Acrobat 9.0 3

2 Navigate the Acrobat Workspace 21

3 Read PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat 9.0 47

Pt. II Create PDF Documents

4 Create a PDF Document 83

5 Create PDF Documents in Authoring Applications 113

6 Capture PDF Documents 139

7 Create Navigation for PDF Documents 157

8 Create Interactive PDF Navigation 175

9 Create Forms 189

Pt. III Edit, Optimize, and Index PDF Documents

10 The Basics of Editing PDF Documents 233

11 Review PDF Documents 259

12 Add Digital Signatures and Document Security 295

13 Optimize PDF Documents 335

14 Acrobat Online 361

15 Create a PDF Index 377

Pt. IV Create Enhanced PDFs with Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended

16 Create Forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8.2 (Windows Only) 387

17 Batch Process and Optimize PDF Documents for Print 405

18 Add Multimedia Elements to PDF Documents 425

Appendixes

A Acrobat 9.0 Keyboard Shortcuts 449

B Acrobat Resources 453

Index 455